AUSTIN – There is no meeting planned between David Dewhurst and Wallace Hall, and contrary to comments from the outgoing lieutenant governor, the embattled UT regent did not request a sit-down. “I check(ed) with Lt. Gov. Dewhurst and he said he was misunderstood. He meant to say he’s never met WITH Mr. Hall. And the […]
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AUSTIN — Greg Abbott’s campaign for governor released a new TV ad Tuesday morning addressing how we would deal with an issue sure to dominate the Legislature’s agenda next year: transportation gridlock. “A guy in a wheelchair can move faster than traffic on some roads in Texas,” Abbott, the Republican attorney general, says as the […]
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Below are the full prepared remarks of University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers for the 2014 “State of the University” speech. Actual remarks varied little from the prepared text. * * * I’d like to begin with a story. It was a cold and dreary day in February of 1977. I was at the […]
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HOUSTON — The candidates running for a House seat in Montgomery County will appear twice on the same ballot after Gov. Rick Perry called a special election to be held on Nov. 4. Perry’s office said Monday that the election to replace departing Rep. Brandon Creighton would be held that Tuesday, when voters already would […]
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AUSTIN — Rick Perry’s lawyers are asking a judge to let him skip his next court date because he is scheduled to be on a European tour, as the prosecutor in the case notified the judge he has brought another attorney on board to help him. Perry’s legal team is arguing he should not have […]
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AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry is raising some eyebrows for suggesting that Joan Rivers may not have died had she been treated in a clinic covered by Texas’ controversial abortion restrictions. Perry invoked the comedian on Sunday while defending House Bill 2, which requires Texas abortion clinics meet the same standards as ambulatory surgery clinics. […]
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AUSTIN — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Saturday repeatedly batted back accusations that he is responsible for congressional gridlock, chiding the media for portraying him as “crazy.” In an interview Saturday at the Texas Tribune Festival, U.S. Sen John Cornyn, R-Texas, hinted it may have been a mistake for some Republicans to support an […]
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AUSTIN – Gay marriage was the subject of a heated panel discussion at the 2014 Texas Tribune Festival on Saturday. The panel featured an array of advocates, lawmakers, pundits and legal minds that are rarely asked to discuss this divisive issue face-to-face, let alone be forced to sit on the same stage. The discussion started […]
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